Midland Park June 23, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 The Borough of Midland Park will be receiving $14,000 in Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA) funds to help defray expenses associated with the March 13 North Easter’. The town will also receive $100,000 from the Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund to make improvements at the Dairy Street recreation area. While the borough did not suffer as much as other area towns from the storm, nevertheless, costs were incurred. Jeff Allyn, the borough’s emergency management coordinator, worked with Police Chief John Casson and DPW Foreman Rudy Gnehm to prepare a detailed application so the town would qualify for the maximum reimbursement to which it was entitled. “It took hours and hours to put together the application, and we met with the FEMA people for five hours,” said Allyn. “We did a preliminary assessment, and Rudy was great at getting the numbers together. The office staff did a lot of work too,” he said. The biggest expense, $4,000, was for pumping out the Borough receives FEMA, open space grants sewer sub station on Glen Avenue. “The station went down, and we had to have Zuidema stand by until the power came back on,” Allyn said. A fence at the Dairy Street recreation area that was damaged by a fallen tree will take $3,000 to replace, he said. Another $3,000 was allocated to picking up yard debris left at the curb by residents. Storm-related DPW overtime was also part of the application. The FEMA funds cover 75 percent of allowable expenses, with the borough required to match the remainder. Allyn explained, however, that the 25 percent can be offset by volunteer hours or in-kind contributions. He said there were four ambulance calls which involved rescuing people from the basement of a building because the elevators were not working. The fire department pumped four basements and responded to numerous calls of downed wires. Some fire department members also helped the Midland Park Ambulance Corps with patients at Mill Gardens. The mayor and council have yet to decide how to use the Open Space funds, which must be spent by June, 2011. The borough originally applied for the moneys to build a canopy over the newly-paved outdoor basketball courts adjacent to the DePhillips Center. The project was abandoned following opposition from neighbors, and the borough amended its application to cover general improvements at the Dairy Street recreation area instead. 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